It may be 25 years later, but they’restillthere for you.
In honor ofFriends‘ 25th anniversary on Sunday, several of the cast members started sharing their tributes early on Instagram, honoring the iconic NBC sitcom in the two and a half decades since it all began.
Courteney Cox,Lisa Kudrow,David SchwimmerandMatt Le Blancall shared the same photo on of the iconic squad from way back in the day. Instagram-lessJennifer AnistonandMatthew Perry, meanwhile, couldn’t get in on the action.
“Celebrating a Thursday night 25 years ago,” wrote Cox, 55, who played clean-freak Monica Gellar. “Thank you to all of our loyal fans across the world. You’ve certainly been there for us! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️I love these guys!”
Cox also joked about her close pal Aniston and Perry, both 50, not being on the social media platform, writing, #seriouslyJen? #youtoomatthew.”
Kudrow, who played free spirit Phoebe Buffay,started off her captionthe same as Cox’s, but added that she and her cast members “might be in different places but we are connected.”
Schwimmer, 52, best known as the intelligent (and at times dramatic) Ross Gellar,wrote in his post, “Celebrating a Thursday night 25 years ago… THANK YOU to all the fans out there!! We couldn’t have done it without you.”
And finally Le Blanc, 52, who played goofball actor Joey Tribbiani, added in his post, “Seems like yesterday. Thanks to all the fans for watching.”
“The stalker.David Arquette,” said Kauffman, 62. “We did a lot of rewriting on that to make that work.”
The 1996 episode titled “The One with the Jam” sees guest star Arquette’s character Malcolm stalking Phoebe because he mistook her for her twin sister Ursula. Despite correcting him early on, Phoebe ends up justifying Malcolm’s behavior and falling for him — and even invites Malcolm to stalk her instead of Ursula.
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Kauffman added that she “wasn’t sure that chickenpox worked either,” referring to a season 2 episode in which Phoebe gave the illness to a Navy sailor (Charlie Sheen) whom she occasionally dated when he was in town.
The producers also spoke about how they incorporated Kudrow’s real life into the show in season 4, when Phoebe acted as a surrogate for her brother’s triplets while the real-life actress was expecting son Julian, now 21.
source: people.com
